Top 5 60’s Shoujo Anime You Need To See
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It’s difficult to find a big list of 60’s anime mostly because it doesn’t exist. Don’t get me wrong, there was plenty of anime in the 1960’s, but not nearly as much as you can find in later decades. Anime was such a new phenomenon. I’m not sure we can even call it a phenomenon back then. There was a huge boom in manga sales during the 70’s, but that wouldn’t have taken place without all the cool, experimental anime of the 60’s.
Animation in general, on a worldwide scale, was very much hindered by World War II. Resources were limited and many nations focused their attention on the war at hand. Even though some of the first productions of what we would consider anime was created decades prior, the 1960’s was the first opportunity for anime to begin to thrive.
5. Himitsu no Akko-chan
This is Himitsu no Akko-chan. This show is a wonderful example of studio Toei’s early work. The manga this show is based off of was written by Fujio Akatsuka way back in 1962.
Seven years later, the manga finally received its first anime adaptation. It’s about a really young and rather naive schoolgirl named Atsuka Kagami. She has a serious thing for mirrors for some reason, and really takes to one given to her by her mother. When it accidentally breaks, she finds much sentiment in the mirror and decides to bury it outside instead of throwing it away.
This act of kindness inspires a supernatural being from some kind of mirror dimension, who gives her a magical mirror capable of magical transformations. She can turn into anything she wants with it. This series has received a few adaptations, the most recent being in 2012!
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